People outside the room heard shouting, and at some point the two men attacked each other, according to the police chief, AC Roper. Inside the back room, according to the police report, the mayor tried multiple times to leave, but the councilman forced the door shut. Eventually Lundy grabbed Bell from behind, around his neck. Bell emerged with marks on his neck where Lundy allegedly tried to choke him, and Lundy had blood running down his leg according to the council president, Jonathan Austin. An ambulance took Lundy to the hospital and Bell went in a private car. The fight happened during a city council meeting, which was recorded on video. City attorney Lee Frazier was discussing a budgetary appropriation, and fell silent as a commotion started off camera. On the tape a man's voice is heard yelling "Oh! Oh! Oh!" as Austin says: "Hold on for one second. Let's move for a recess, Mr Clerk."

Chaos broke out at a Ukrainian government meeting on Monday after the interior minister threw water in the face of Mikheil Saakashvili, formerly president of Georgia and now governor of Ukraine's Odessa region. Arsen Avakov wrote on Facebook that Saakashvili had been "hysterical" during the meeting of the National Reform Council, and was screaming insults at him. "I refrained from hitting him, and just threw water in his face," the minister wrote. "It's a long time since I've seen such a bonkers populist. Nobody could get a word in edgeways, he was interrupting everyone including the president."

Jeb (!) should try "bonkers populist" on Trump if "chaos president" doesn't work out. Of course, this isn't even the only hooley that marked the operation of the Ukrainian government recently.

To borrow a phrase from former president Jed Bartlet, if the Oscars were like this, I'd watch.